removal
[noun]
Synonyms:
- taking away or off or out, dislodgment, ejection, elimination, eradication, extraction, uprooting, withdrawal
- dismissal, expulsion
- move, departure, flitting (Scot. & Northern English dialect), relocation, transfer

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧mov‧al AC /rɪˈmuːvəl/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Word Family: noun: move, movement, removal, remover, mover; adjective: movable, unmoved, moving; verb: move, remove; adverb: movingly]
[Word Family: noun: removal, remover; verb: remove; adjective: removable]

1. when something is taken away from, out of, or off the place where it is ⇒ remove
removal of
the removal of rubbish

2. when you get rid of something so that it does not exist any longer:
stain removal

3. when someone is forced out of an important position or dismissed from a job
removal from
the mayor’s removal from office

4. British English the process of taking furniture from your old house to your new one
removal company/man etc
The removal men have been in and out all day.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

removal
noun
ADJ. complete, total, wholesale | temporary | effective, successful | immediate, speedy his immediate removal from power
easy a liquid for the easy removal of coffee stains
forced/forcible the forcible removal of the protesters' barricades.
surgical | hair, stain
VERB + REMOVAL call for, demand, seek They demanded her removal from office.
order In a symbolic move, the new government ordered the removal of the dictator's statue.
require The programme required the removal of government subsidies.
allow | arrange for to arrange for the removal and disposal of waste.
facilitate | prevent
PREP. ~ from The local council does not allow the removal of sand from the beach.
~ to the collection's temporary removal to storage
PHRASES removal from office

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